湯ゆ灌かん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

ritual washing of a corpse before burial

Buddhist funeral rite in which the body is cleansed with warm water. Often performed by family or a mortician.

• 葬そう儀ぎの前まえに、僧そう侶りょが湯ゆ灌かんを行おこなった。

  Before the funeral, the monk performed the ritual washing of the body.

• 湯ゆ灌かんの儀ぎ式しきは故こ人じんを清きよめるために行おこなわれる。

  The yukan rite is performed to purify the deceased.